Equipments for a student pilot

Student Experiences
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Hi everyone!
Im going to start my flight training in florida very soon. What kind of tablets should I have? Ipad mini or galaxy tabs will do the job. Do I need to have my own headset? Thank you

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Abdur,

If you’re training at a school other than ATP, you should consult with that school. If you will be doing your training with ATP, you will need a headset and an iPad. Please see the attached for other required items:

Adam

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Abdur,

As Adam mentioned, you will need an Aviation Headset and an Apple iPad. The apps and software we use in the plane and for training are not supported on Android/Samsung. The size of iPad is up to you, it’s a debate when it comes time to headset/iPads, find the one that you can afford and like, stick with it.

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Brady

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Thank you very much sir, that was very helpful

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Abdur,

The link posted above will detail all the materials you should have as a student pilot. The big three: headset, iPad and knee board.

Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with.

Hannah

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Abdur,

Keep in mind that you can’t go too small with the iPad, but you can go too big. I wouldn’t get anything bigger than the 11” Pro. Personally I used a mini when I was in the program.

Tory

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I love my iPad Mini, and still use it to this day.

Brady

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Hi @Brady

There’s a 64 and 256 GB iPad Mini and the difference in price is considerable, do you think the 256 GB of memory will be necessary at some point?

Thanks,

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Francisco,

I rock the 256GB only because I do have over 10,000 photos/videos on my iCloud (LOL) and it’s synced to my iPhone. Plus I have everything downloaded on ForeFlight, if you’re only looking for it to be used for training/flying I say 64GB, but 256GB wouldn’t hurt if you want to use the iPad for other things. :slight_smile:

Update: I went into my storage settings and my ForeFlight storage constitutes to 54GB, that’s with practically everything ForeFlight offers downloaded. I rather have it than not.

Brady

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Thanks Brady

I would go with the 256 GB then

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I have a 64GB Ipad and every time there is an update on Foreflight (monthly) I have to wait until the day the previous version expires in order to download the update since there is not enough room on my ipad.

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Is the Apple Pencil necessary? Do you use your IPad to take notes while flying?

Thanks

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Francisco,

The only real-time I use my Apple Pencil inflight was to write an ATIS/AWOS or IFR clearance. I typically briefed all approach and airport diagrams to where my lesson intended to prior flight so I did both finger/pencil. I tried to be as prepared for flight as I could be. I have seen students use “generic” pencils that could be purchased on Amazon or in-store that were not name brand. I will be honest, I haven’t used my Apple Pencil in my off time while flying.

As an instructor I found myself using our Flight Tracker pads which were pen/pencil and kept for documentation purposes.

Brady

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I just checked. My mini is 16GB! ForeFlight has come a long way.

Tory

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Tory,

I don’t think they make any iPad 16GB anymore, that was soooo iPad Mini 2 or 3. :wink:

Brady

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